Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Abbot v. Abbot 1 Va. Col. Dec. 132 1729 0 Action of trover General Ct. of VA
Barret v. Gibson 1 Va. Col. Dec. 180 1731 0 Property General Ct. of VA
Chesapeake & Ohio R. R. v. Bradford 6 W. Va. 220 1873 0 West Virginia
Donnell v. State 3 Ind. 480 1852 1 Indiana
Horn v. Gartman 1 Fla. 63 1846 0 Dispute over a Remainder for Slaves after a Life Estate Supreme Court of FL
Dep't of Homeland Sec. v. Thuraissigiam 140 S. Ct. 1959 2020 1 United States
Graham v. Graham 4 W. Va. 320 1870 0 West Virginia
Lewis v. Fullerson 22 Va. 15 1821 0 Suit for freedom SC of Appeals VA
Rutter v. Sullivan 25 W. Va. 427 1885 1 West Virginia
Davis v. Baltzer 1 D.C. 482 1808 0 Freedom Petition United States
In re Booth 3 Wis. 1 1854 1 Wisconsin
In re Perkins 2 Cal. 424 1852 1 California
Carr v. International Refining & Manufacturing Co. 13 So. 3d 947 2009 1 torts Alabama
Grady v. Corbin 495 U.S. 508 1990 1 civ pro--jeapardy United States
Taylor v. Calvert 437 So. 2d 508 1983 1 Equity/Deed Alabama
Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas v. Dudek 19 So. 3d 20 2009 1 notarial acts Louisiana
Merriweather v. Grandison 904 S.W.2d 485 1995 1 civ pro Missouri
Posey v. Com. 185 S.W.3d 170 2006 1 citizenship Kentucky
Scaloni v. State 383 So. 2d 586 1980 1 criminal juris. Alabama
Hughes v. Peacehealth 344 Or. 142 2008 1 Oregon